about my work

THE PLAN WAS THIS: GET A JOB THAT PAYS THE BILLS SO THAN I CAN DO WHATEVER ELSE I WANT. SOUNDS FAMILIAR? YEAH, THAT'S ONE WAY YOU CAN ARCHITECT YOUR LIFE.

PROBLEM COMES WHEN YOU FEEL YOU CAN'T REALLY CONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU REALLY LIKE TO DO. EXCUSES, LIKE 'DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME' OR 'TOO TIRED' COME UP FREQUENTLY. FORTUNATELY THE VERY REAL CHANCE OF WINNING THE LOTTERY IS ALWAYS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

I BELIEVE IN TOTAL SUBJECTIVITY OF ART. GOOD ART IS WHAT YOU LIKE. PERSONALLY, WHAT I STRIVE TO ACHIEVE IN MY WORKS IS A BALANCE OF FORM AND COLOR.

THE PAINTING PROCESS IS ENJOYABLE FOR ME, THOUGH SOMETIMES RESTRAINING IN THE CONFINES THAT I ESTABLISHED FOR MYSELF. I WORK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INDEPENDENT RADIO AND RED WINE.

I HAVE SOME FAVORIT ARTISTS AND PERIODS OF COURSE. THE DUTCH AND FLAMISH LANDSCAPE PAINTERS AMAZE ME THE MOST, ESPECIALLY JAN BRUEGHEL. BOSCH AND PETER BRUEGHEL ARE NOT BAD EITHER. FROM THE MORE CONTEMPORARY ONES I LIKE DALI, MIRO, AND MARK TANSEY.


a little biography - the short version

BORN AND RAISED IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. CAME TO IRVING, TEXAS AT AGE 18 IN 1987. JOINED THE ARMY FOR COLLEGE MONEY, AND GOT BACK TO EUROPE FOR THREE YEARS TO MANNHEIM GERMANY.

FINISHED COLLEGE IN AUSTIN, TX. A LOT DIFFERENT THAN DALLAS - DEFINITELY FOR THE MUCH BETTER. CURRENTLY WORKING AT A WEB CONSULTING COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY WHILE LISTENING TO COLLEGE STATIONS ALL DAY THROUGH RealAudio.

A FANATIC COLLEGE/INDEPENDENT RADIO FAN, I HAVE SOME MUSICAL ASPIRATIONS AS WELL, THOUGH THE SAME PROBLEMS COME UP, AS WITH PAINTING. I BELIEVE THAT NOW, WITH THE HELP OF THE INTERNET, CREATIVE PEOPLE HAVE A REAL CHANCE OF BYPASSING THE SCUM COMMERCIAL FILTH THEY HAD TO OVERCOME IN THE CORPORATE CONSUMER SOCIETY WE'D HAPPEN (OR CHOOSE) TO LIVE IN.

WELL, THAT'S ENOUGH TALK FOR NOW. IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT ME ABOUT MY WORK, YOU CAN E-MAIL ME BY CLICKING ON THAT WORMY THING ON THE LEFT COMPUTER LITERATES CALL THE 'AT' SIGN.

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